The full Heckscher Museum on Long Island News Letter April

 Hi All our Fineartmagazineblog.blogspot readers, I have posted the full Heckscher Museum New letter. It's lengthy but if you have a chance  scroll through to see if anything fits,  or enriches your life. Then go see or attend the vent. Art Makes things in life better every day. Jamie Forbes, Publisher, Finartmagazineblog.blogspot.com, and sunstorfineartmagaizne.com

Museum News April 3, 2026

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Students Celebrate Opening of Long Island’s Best 2026

The Museum would like to congratulate all of the exhibiting artists and award winners for Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher Museum 2026! Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, Long Island’s Best is the only juried exhibition for Long Island high school students that provides the opportunity to exhibit in a museum.

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Take home a unique artwork at Long Island’s Best 30th Birthday Bash!

Join us on April 18 for Long Island's Best 30th Birthday Bash for the opportunity to take home a unique artwork created exclusively for this event by a Long Island’s Best Alumnus or Local Artist! All ticket holders and sponsors at the VIP level and above receive unique 10x10 artwork.

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The Heckscher Museum of Art: Building a Collection Huntington Public Library, April 15 East Northport-Northport Public Library, April 21

Jessica Rosen, Curatorial Assistant, is leading a presentation for a number of Long Island Public Libraries with the Long Island Reads initiative. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the collecting strategies of The Heckscher Museum of Art, tracing how it has transformed over the years. This presentation illuminates the often-invisible work of collection management, the stories behind key acquisitions, and the ways museums serve as guardians of our shared cultural memory.

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Long Island's Best Artwork is Catalyst for Long Island Cares Food Drive

The Heckscher Museum will be collecting non-perishable food donations for the run of the exhibition Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum. The donations will go to Long Island Cares, the Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank. The campaign was inspired by the work of Hicksville High School artist Pooja Shah, a 12th grade student exhibiting in Long Island’s Best 2026.

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Please Note: The Museum will be closed to the general public Saturday, April 18 for Long Island’s Best 30th Birthday Bash. Learn more and purchase tickets here.

Upcoming Events

School’s Out! Art’s In! Spring Break Art Workshops for Kids Tuesday, April 7 - Friday, April 10

Long Island’s Best 30th Birthday Bash Saturday, April 18, 4 - 6 pm

NAHS 6x6 Collaborative Art Installation Thursday, April 23 - Sunday, April 26

Art Explorers Club Saturday, April 25, 9:30 - 10:30 am

Just Powers: Long Island Biennial Exclusive Opening Reception Friday, May 15, 6 – 8 pm

Bethesda Fountain in Augmented Reality in Heckscher Park Ongoing

Heckscher Museum Soundwalk Heckscher Park & Dove/Torr Cottage Ongoing

Exhibitions

Lines of Influence:  Artists Teaching Artists Through May 3, 2026

Long Island's Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum 2026 Through May 3, 2026

Just Powers: Long Island Biennial 2026 Opening May 16, 2026

The Heckscher Museum of Art, located in Huntington, NY, creates opportunities for everyone to experience art that broadens our understanding of the past, fosters community connections to our present, and creates diverse possibilities for our future.

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Lines of Influence: Artists Teaching Artists Principal Support provided by: Andrea B. & Peter D. Klein and Laura Shallat Benson. Lead Support provided by: Margaret M. Hargraves and Francis J. Roberts. Additional Support provided by: Judith Bernhang, Nancy & Kostas Douzinas, and Rozita Shay. Long Island's Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum 2026 Presenting Sponsor: The Darrell Fund Endowment/Henriette Darrell. Artistic Sponsors: The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and Pritchard Charitable Trust. Patron Sponsors: Callaghan LLP and Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation.

Free admission for the community is made possible by through a generous grant from Bank of America.

The Heckscher Museum of Art is grateful to The Town of Huntington and the Town of Huntington Board of Trustees and Suffolk County Department of Economic Development & Planning for their generous support of the arts.

ASL, Braille, and Spanish language translation made possible by a generous grant from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Images, from top: Kasmira Mohanty, Joy in Full Bloom, 2026, mixed-media digital art; Verna Amakawa, Joy, 2026, acrylic on canvas; Manuel Macarrulla, Joy I, 2026, oil on canvas; Anna Jurinich, The Crocus, 2026, acrylic on canvas; Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso, Portrait of MoM, 2026, oil on canvas; Jenny La Monica, What the Tide Leaves Behind, 2026, mixed media; Penrhyn Stanlaws, August Heckscher, 1925 [detail], oil on canvas. August Heckscher Collection; Pooja Shah, Giving Back Is Rewarding, cardboard, acrylic paint, clay, paper, moss, found objects. Long Island's Best 2026; Shawn Uttendorfer, Sweet Land of Uncertainty, 2026 [detail], acrylic on canvas. Just Powers: Long Island Biennial 2026; Elaine de Kooning, Black Mountain #6, 1948 [detail], enamel on paper mounted on canvas. The Heckscher Museum of Art, Museum Purchase; Jiselle Hale, Self-Preservation, charcoal on paper. Long Island's Best 2026; Pinky Urmaza, United States of Anxiety, 2026 [detail], book covers, pages, acrylic and graphite. Just Powers: Long Island Biennial 2026.

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